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04 020 John B Chopping Block Pk from Mt Ross (253k)
04 022 Crimson clouds at sunset over Mt Despair (171k)
Crimson clouds paint the sky as the sun sets over Mt Despair. "…Red at night climbers delight" is an adapted Norwegian fisherman's saying, were the weather rolls in from the ocean to a mild maritime climate. Likewise in the Pacific Northwest, when there is clearing out over the Pacific Ocean, the setting sun illuminates the bottom of the clouds to announce that good weather is on its way. North Cascades Park. 7/76
04 025 Mint Tea break on McMillan Ledge Warren. (158k)
04 027 Traverse to Azure Pass Elephant Butte John B. (188k)
04 029 First view of the Season McMillan Cirque. (189k)
04 031 McMillan Cirque camp John B. (161k)
04 032 Clouds Shroud McMillan Spires. (167k)
04 033 Into Pansy Cirque snow covered Brush John B. (221k)
04 034 John B near Water Falls in Pansy Cirque NCNP (196k)
Between the neck raking heights and rumbling ice of the Terror Group and the stark cliffs of the Fury Group, the climbers found peaceful Water Falls. They called it Pansy Cirque. NCNP
04 035 Red Heather is Phyllodoce Enpetriformis (388k)
Red Heather is Phyllodoce Enpetriformis. This hardy plant is common to mountain slopes in temperate regions throughout the world. Many species have attractive bell-shaped blossoms and are consequently popular as cultivated ornamentals. Characterized by needle-like leaves with white, rose, or yellow flowers this is a True Heathis (genus Erica). It takes five years to grow a palm sized woody plant. NCNP July 1976
04 036 Pansy Peak and Glacier on Picket Traverse (160k)
The SW Pk of Mt Fury holds a hanging glacier on its SE slope. This area of gentle Alps was in contrast to Mt Terror to the S and Mt Fury to the N. The name Pansy Peak seemed fitting. NCNP
04 037 Up the steep out of Pansy Cirque McMillan Gl (228k)
The Climbers haul out of Pansy Cirque, and near the halfway point on the Picket Traverse. Across the valley is the McMillan Gl. The occasional booming report of crashing ice reminded the climbers of their wild and remote location. The traverse route they followed dropped diagonally from Stetattle Pass in the upper left, across the fresh rock slide, along the sloping ledges below the ice, and down the avalanche fan. NCNP 76
04 038 First view of Luna Cirque and Glacier. (179k)
04 040 Luna Peak and Mt Prophet at sunset (175k)
The dark silhouette of Luna Peak skewers the evening sky. This rocky isolated peak is offset to the East and separated from the rest of the Picket Range, and yet connected with a high crescent shaped ridge. The crescent ridge and satellite position of Luna Peak makes its name especially appropriate. Twin Spires (Mox Peaks) and Mount Spickard are off in the distance to the Northeast. North Cascades National Park.
04 041 Moonshine on the southern Pickets Terror Group (231k)
As the moon rose over Luna Pk from their camp on the crescent ridge, the Climbers watched the moonshine illuminate the serrated crest of the Southern Pickets Range. The Terror Group from left to right: McMillan Spires; Inspiration Towers and Inspiration Peak; The Pyramid; Mt Degenhardt, Mt Terror; The Rake (The Blob); Twin Needles; Himmelhorn; and the Mustard Glacier. North Cascades National Park. July 1976
04 042 Warren Smiles in the Morning sun with Mt Fury (197k)
Camp was made at seven thousand feet on the crescent ridge between Luna Peak and Mount Fury (background). After a candlelight dinner, the late show was a spectacular and lengthy display of the Aurora Borealis. The Northern Lights danced through the night above the heights of Mt Redoubt. At dawn the fifth day during the Picket Traverse, it was difficult to get out of the sleeping bag. North Cascades National Park.
04 043 Southern Pickets in the morning sun (264k)
McMillan Spires lean into the morning sun. The slanting rays reveal the intricate crevasse system in the McMillan Glaciers that hang on the north side of the Terror Group. The clear cool morning air extends visibility south to Glacier Peak, some fifty miles distant. The view is from camp on the crescent ridge between Luna Peak and Mount Fury. Picket Traverse - Southern Picket Range - North Cascades National Park.
04 044 Crescent Ck Spires Mt Despair Pansy Pk (232k)
The pointed crests of the Crescent Creek Spires pierce the clear morning sky. The Rake (The Blob), The Twin Needles, Himmelhorn, Ottohorn and The Frenzel Spitz stand above the hanging ice of the Mustard Glacier. To the right is the Southeast Peak of Mount Fury (aka Outrigger Pk). Between is the gap of Picket Pass with the double summits of Mt Despair in the distance. Picket Range; North Cascades National Park. July 76
04 045 Mount Fury and Phantom Peak. (186k)
04 046 Crooked Thumb Mt Challenger Luna Cirque Gl (234k)
The dark walls of the Northern Picket Range rise abruptly above the hanging ice of the Luna Cirque Glacier. To the right is the broad summit of Mt Challenger with its ice sheet blanketing Challenger Arm. Left center is Crooked Thumb Pk and Phantom Pk further left. The first known explorations of the Luna Creek headwaters occurred in the summer of 1937 by Bill Cox and Will F Thompson. North Cascades National Park.
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